Lorenzo started to enjoy his meal and relax after his hard training but he would be able to help both yui and testuya in their training afterwards. The food soon came out and Lorenzo held his sleeve of his kimono and he started eating the food that the servants prepare for all of them making sure to make special meals prepared by fear so they could eat them since normal food would more or less pass through them.

Once dinner was finished Lorenzo felt relaxed and he stood up "yui and testuyah come with me and we will start training" Lorenzo said as he walked towards the training hall with the equipment needed to train then either separately or together with special dummies that need a fears power to destroy and tough dummies that required effort to destroy. Their were mirrors in the walls so they could see their attacks and forms so Lorenzo could show then where they went wrong in their fighting. ..

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When the food came out, Yui began eating. It was quite good. Once done, Yui stood up and followed Lorenzo to training. She pulled out her fan and opened it, fanning herself. She wondered what kind of training they would do. Would they focus on fear or actual strength. Well, Yui wasn't bad at either. As long as she could use her fan.

The food was something he hadn't expected, it's taste was peculiar, but amazing. Tetsuya could hardly believe it was made out of fear or whatever the smaller demon that gave it to him had said. Emi had kept trying to feed him and convincing him that he couldn't eat because of his wounds, but to Tetsuya's surprise most of them had healed. So, much to her unliking, he shoved her off and ate the food himself and got an unpleasant look in return. Tetsuya shrugged it off and kept eating. Soon after, Lorenzo called to him and the psychopath with the lolipop's to go off to train with him. He could sense the malice radiating from the woman to his right at the mention of the two of them together. He chose to ignore it.

Walking with Lorenzo and the psychopath he kept his distance of the latter. He wondered about what kind of training he would attempt, or what type of techniques Lorenzo would help him learn. The walk was silent and eeirie.

Lorenzo looked at them both once they got to the training room. Lorenzo turned to them and said "now if your going to fight you need to get your strength up with old fashioned training, one I think you are ready I will teach you to make your fear known and make your presence seen. The only way you can be ready" Lorenzo paused hiding up his gauntlet hand making an open Palm towards them "is if you can punch my gauntlet and push me back" Lorenzo said knowing that brute strength wouldn't be able to push Lorenzo back with his gauntlet up but only if someone was starting to tap into their potential of their yokai fear could they make Lorenzo move. So for now they had to do basics and since testsuyah hasn't been a yokai for even a day then it will be difficult. "Start training on the dummies to your right until you can break it" Lorenzo said since they were regular training dummies it wouldn't be too hard if they were physically fit

Yui listened to Lorenzo' s explanation. So they would start by attacking training dummies, that seemed fair. She wondered wether or not she was allowed to use her fan or not. She quickly dismissed the thought, Lorenzo hadn't said anything about not using it, so if he didn't want her to use it then he should have told her. Yui took out her fan and got ready. She sprinted towards a dummie and swung her fan, which made contact with the dummie.

"Well, I suppose that's our cue as well, right? It is rather late...let's make this quick ok?" Standing from his position at the table, Kenji led Emi outside following Lorenzo and the other two; however, he chose an alternative route farther away from the main group, behind the camp and in the shadows. The only source of light present being the high moon above, Kenji crossed his arms to look over his new student.

"This is rather interesting you know. Normally, Lorenzo has me train all the recruits. I guess he doesn't wanna slip up or anything...wonder what's got him so worried?" Shrugging, the demon tilted his head slightly. "Now then, we'll be doing things a bit more...forceful than the others. I already know how much of a hassle you can be Miss Emi....here, why don't we have a little spar, yeah? You know, just to evaluate your combat abilities....you still wanna protect Tetsuya, right?"

Sooo.... just.. punch it? Tetsuya gave a questioning look towards the dummy then back to Lorenzo. His questions were answered shortly as Yui sprinted towards the nearest dummy and attacked it. Guess that's the plan then. He walked over to the nearest dummy, placed his feet, wound up, then unloaded the force behind it. He used what strength he had, and the effort made him grunt slightly. What made him grunt more was the impact of his fist on the hard wood. He wasn't used to combat or fighting, and punching a board full boar without expecting the resistance was a painful experience to say the least. Stumbling backwards and holding his hand Tetsuya couldn't believe how weak he was. It was pathetic, any one of these people could kill him no questions asked. This.. isn't fair..

The pain numbed his mind, and he set his feet one more time. He set all of his will into one task. To destroy what was in front of him. It didn't matter that it was just a dummy, he needed something to unleash whatever darkness was welling inside him on. He cocked his arm, letting an animistic growl loose as he swung. He made contact with the dummy.

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"Of course!" Emi yelled at the fedora clad man in front of her. The real thing I want to accomplish is to kill the bitch with him. The harsh feelings she felt towards Yui hadn't quelled. She hated her almost as much as she feared Kenji. "Let's get to work then Kenji.. I'll do anything to become stronger. I need to be stronger." Which was the truth in her mind. Although she was leagues beyond her beloved. So many of these demons could foil her plans, and she couldn't have that. Not while Tetsuya was still breathing.

Lorenzo watched them both fight sighing a little seeing yui use her fan which ended up cracking the head of the dummy but it was still cheating as he went over and took her fan without her notice bonked her on the head lightly with it before saying " I thought punching the dummy was implied yui" Lorenzo sighed at her as he looked over to see tetsuya didn't do anything to the dummy at first but somehow he was able to make an actual dent into the dummies body on the second strike, whatever the ghost boy did he had to do more of it. "keep it up tetsuya you need to break that dummy if you want to be a real yokai!" Lorenzo encouraged him wanting him to prove accepting him wasn't a waste of his time

"But, you never said we couldn't use weapons," Yui said as she reluctantly put her favorite weapon away. That meant that she would actually have to use her own strength, by itself. That kind of sucked. Her fan helped her pack more of a punch when she attacked, but she would have to make do without it. Yui planted her feet firmly in the ground and looked at the dummy. She gave herself an imaginary target for her to aim for. She was going to target the chest of the dummy. She pulled her arm back and let out a punch.

"Good, good! Now there's the enthusiasm! Fight for your boyfriend Miss Emi! He's gonna need it after all...." With a casual flick of his wrist, Kenji summoned out two serrated butterfly knives and hurled them at an inhuman speed right at the ghost girl. "Mind you, if I don't see a single drop of blood being spilled today....well then, I'll just have to punish you then, heh. If you catch my drift now." The demon's aura suddenly spiked as the negative malice from before began to encompass them both at a steady pace. "Ehehe...come on Emi! Give me some screams!"

I only made a dent? This is impossible.. Tetsuya thought as he retracted his fist. His hand hurt, and he felt tired from the effort of one blow. Something new had awoken in him, something dark. He felt like his entire soul was being doused in shadow. He felt the cold surround him, like ravenous tendrils gripping his heart. The change become violent and he began to feel himself shake. He lost control of his limbs and fell to the ground convulsing. What is happening to me?! He felt as helpless as the day he died, unable to do anything but watch. He gazed at Lorenzo in horror as he twitched and shook. Nothing felt real anymore, his body was completely numb, but he felt something else. Something in the core of his being ignited. Like a fire deep inside him was being stoked. The warmth started to manifest elsewhere, it slowly moved from his core to his extremities, then into even the air around him and with the warmth came the control of his body.

Tetsuya picked himself off the floor slowly at first, testing his strength, and found that he had regained his control, along with something more. He could feel things in the room that weren't him. He felt two things to be precise. He looked towards the direction of the sensation, and realized it was the other two demons in the room. He could sense strange aura's about them, they showed up as colors. Tetsuya had no idea what was happening, and was becoming increasingly frightened by this new experience. Although at the same time, he loved it. Not only did he feel right, he felt strong. Stronger than ever before. He needed to test this, and with that thought. He turned to the dummy and drove his fist into it with renewed vigor.

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He had caught her off guard with the thrown knives, but she managed to avoid them hitting her in any critical places. They grazed her exterior as they passed by, making Emi grit her teeth somewhat. Even though she was expecting a follow up attack, she never thought she could feel this kind of pressure. The air all around her seemed to shift and have more weight too it. Upon further realization it was centralized from the man in front of her, Kenji. She knew he was powerful and had witnessed it before, but this anger and rage seemed unbridled. Like he could kill her in an instant, but wanted to play for a while before finishing the job. Emi had felt fear before, mainly over the possibility of losing her beloved forever, but nothing like this. Not true fear.

The tear ducts in her eyes overworked and nervous tears started to flow freely, but even so she knew she couldn't just sit there and take a counter attack. Although it took effort Emi lifted herself to her feet fully, and unsheathed her blade. She charged at Kenji, but immediately before connecting she tumbled to her left trying to dodge an unforeseen attack, causing her to land a few feet from Kenji's right side. She regained her composure, and charged in again, this time going for a misdirection to the right, but instead ran to the left of Kenji, attempting to give her a good angle with the blade she held. She would attempt to play with him this way for a while, to judge his speed and effectiveness in anticipating her movements.

Lorenzo watched testsuya trying not to show him his grin seeing that he was going through the experience of his fear taking him, and he refused to let the fear control him and soon he stood up, Lorenzo could see it in his eyes he changed even his yokai aura changed around him. Lorenzo even turned towards yui to see her put her fist to good use and Lorenzo watched them, he could see the renewed vigor in testsuya and when he punched the dummy this time he didn't only crack it he punched the head clean off the dummy while Lorenzo looked to yui and saw that she made a major crack in the dummies body and Lorenzo nodded his approval to them.

Lorenzo decided they were ready "alright you both have your strength ready now you need to move me" Lorenzo said planting his feet to the ground and held up his gauntlet hand "punch my gauntlet with your fear and move me, when you can move me then we can work on developing your fear even further." Lorenzo said watching and waiting to see who would try first...

Yui stepped forward, volunteering to punch Lorenzo's gauntlet first. She walked up in front of him and readied her fist. She 'gathered' her fear into her fist, mustering all of her strength. If this was normal combat, and not training, yuk would have iced the floor under Lorenzo's feet shortly before punching him, that would have made it easier to move him. But this was training, so she had to follow directions. Yui punched the gauntlet in front of her and tried to unleash as much fear as she could. Her hand was as cold as ice.

Noticing the tears beginning to form over Emi's cheeks, Kenji grinned in false sympathy. "Oh, what's wrong Miss Emi? Don't tell me you're scared by big bad Kenji now? You...you gotta be joking right? Ahahaha, oh man that's just too great!" Twirling his knives between his fingers, the demon swung in a wide arc toward the now charging ghost girl. When he made contact with nothing but air, the demon predicted the next move and casually back-stepped to propel his body away from Emi's angled blade.

"Whoa kid, that was pretty good! Trying to read my movements like that...but you got two things wrong when it comes to technique!" A crackle of electricity rumbled in Kenji's palm and he dashed forward at incredible speed towards the other demon. In no time, he towered right above her and brought his sparking hand, which held a spinning butterfly knife, down towards her. The velocity combined with the motion of the knife gave it the appearance and power of a crackling buzz-saw.

"See, in real combat, you won't have time for silly little games like this! Before you know it, the enemy will have gutted your pretty head open in the time it takes for you to analyze their moves. Don't think, just fight Emi! Otherwise, you fail to protect your precious Tetsuya!"

In the midst of his strike, Kenji suddenly paused halfway and drew his attack back, leaping away and shrugging indifferently. An innocent smile plastered his coy expression and the aura so full of malice dropped from his figure as well, if only for a moment.

"I mean, wow, if you can't even survive long enough to protect my man Tetsuya, then boy do you just suck! Seriously, what kind of girlfriend is weaker than her lover? Oh? Did I strike a nerve there? Sorry, but it's kinda hard for me to stop whe-oh, but wait. Ain't that all the truth? Sorry sweety, I just call it as I see it. Wanna prove me wrong Miss Sad Excuse for a Lover?"

So this is power?..

For the first time since his death Tetsuya felt good. No, not good, he felt great. The power flowed through him uncontained. His arms and legs felt lighter than normal, and he could feel the muscles around his body pulsate with the beats of his heart. The physical changes were not the only things that he noticed were different. His mental powers as well were increased. He could think, hear, and see better than ever, along with one other new ability. The ability to sense life, and energy in his immediate area.

He watched the ice witch attack Lorenzo, he was fine with her going first. He wanted to revel in his new found power for a while anyways. He wanted to adjust and think of how to get that same effect he had on the dummy. This time though, he planned to amplify that strength. Many, many, times.

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He's really not messing around. He seems like he has a switch he can just flip on and off at will. Emi couldn't believe the speed and power Kenji had just demonstrated. If he had finished his strike, she would be dead. She didn't doubt from the start that he could kill her, but she had no idea it would take that little effort. What did he say again? Just fight? She pondered it while pacing to the side while Kenji observed her next move, he looked unamused. Instincts. She thought of her beloved Tetsuya, and what she had went through to get here. So much pain on both sides, so much anger. She channeled those emotions into what she was about to do.

She charged towards Kenji, her footsteps were flame. Her soul was fire. She would burn him. She would maim him. She would kill him.

Lorenzo watched holding firm in his spot for yui to make her strike at his gauntlet knowing that he felt the cold and chill in the air around her hand seeing she was conjuring her fear and manifesting it. once she made contact with the gauntlet Lorenzo was pushed back a few feet as a result "yui you passed, you manifested your fear the way you need to now you get this back" Lorenzo said as he threw her the fan she had. Lorenzo then turned to tetsuya holding up his gauntlet hand again "just cause your dead doesn't mean you cant push me back tetsuaya use your fear and push me back and prove you can protect yourself" Lorenzo said hoping that his words would make him go into his rage again like he did with the dummy and push Lorenzo back even farther...

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Yui caught her fan. She had past. She could use her weapon again. That was great. Yui was stronger with her fan. Yui reached into her pocket and pulled out a lollipop, unwrapping it and sticking it in her mouth. It was tasty, and calmed her down. She couldn't be too happy. She had to be happy but not too happy that it annoyed people. But maybe she could make some friends. Just not that crazy ghost girl. She was way too overprotective. But other than that Yui liked everyone.

Kenji's grin widened as he saw Emi's true potential begin to slowly unlock before him. "Hehehe....yes, that's it! That's it! You got it! Oh you beautiful girl you....come on!" The tall man casually backtracked left and right, weaving his way and dodging the flames that were now threatening to consume his pupil whole. Her demonic power awakening, Kenji's mismatched eyes flashed as he could feel the negativity pouring off of her body.

"That's it! Show me more anger Miss Emi! Just a little bit further and you got it! More pain and hate! They tried to take him away from you, right? They tried to separate Tetsuya from your loving arms....and who's fault was it? Ahaha, tell me Miss Emi! Who's fault was it?"